Stefan
Brown

Mastering Engineer

Stefan
Brown

Mastering Engineer

Stefan’s passion for music began early, thanks to his father owning a renowned record store in Soho, where he was immersed in a world of high-fidelity audio and an eclectic mix of music from metal and industrial to art-rock and intricate electronic. He first discovered mastering early on through the habit of studying the credits on record sleeves.

At the age of 20, Stefan ventured into mastering himself, quickly building a client base in underground dance and electronic music scenes across Europe and the US, whilst simultaneously completing a degree in Audio Engineering at SAE Institute London. He quickly expanded to mastering other genres, ranging everywhere from pop to harsh-noise. Stefan continues to work primarily with independent artists and labels, maintaining a strong personal involvement with his clients and their music, ensuring their artistic intent is realised to the highest possible outcome.

Stefan’s mastering philosophy is centred on establishing the emotional content of the music, understanding what will resonate with the listener long after playback ends, with a specific attention to depth, atmosphere, tone and impact.

Stefan has worked with countless artists and labels worldwide, serving as the in-house mastering engineer for London’s Revok Records since their inception, collaborating with prominent Detroit-based tech-house labels like KIK DRM, Good Ground Recordings, Fly Over Records, Jendex and Moorgate Records and mastering vinyl releases for Berlin’s Subverted Records, a prominent Queer experimental techno label.

“Stefan Brown, on top of delivering the best mastering we have ever seen as a band; has been one of the most positive, thorough and responsive people we’ve ever worked with. Stefan puts beyond a job of mastering behind his work, he truly leaves parts of his soul in what he touches. We are beyond blessed to have crossed paths with him this early in our bands career, and cannot wait to continue working together.” - The Pleiades

“Stefan restored my faith in mastering as an art form. He’s magic!” - Tim Mikkola/The Vantages

Discography

A Physical Persistence - Rett Smith
Ascend - Skye
Aurora - Coast Noir
Away Above - House of Harm
Bastard (Remixes) - The Wants
Belongs To No(One) (Pierre Berge-Cia Remix) - La Dispatch
Black Hole Soul - The PLEIADES
Blackbird - Beats In London
Blame And Burden - Rosegarden Funeral Party
Bruised - Marta Vega
Context  - Jaylen Hart
Crazy - Roo Elizabeth
Darker - The Vantages
Fair Right - Jaylen Hart & Mark Bene
Falling Below - Falling Below
Feel High - Siren
Generations - Jaylen Hart & Mark Bene
Ghost Rider - La Dispatch
Give Me Air - Dual Effect
Go Your Own Way - NightNight
Grand Admiral - The PLEIADES
HADA - NAZZZ
Helicopters - Darren Shelton
Hematophagous - Flesh Bouquet
Hypomanium - Brandon Joseph
I Got That Smiling - Waiting For Smith
I Like Life - Waiting for Smith
If You Do Then When - Pierre Berge-Cia
In The Wild - Rhomy
Kindness & Love - Waiting For Smith
LDN calling CDMX (feat. Lovec MX) - Steinsdotter
Less Than Nothing (Live with the National Symphony Orchestra) - Soda Blonde
Light Over The Ridge - Nico Cann
Lights Out - Jaylen Hart & Mark Bene
like heR - Shelf Lives
Lose My Mind - Nico Cann
Mona - The Roebucks
Mystic Voodoo Lady - The PLEIADES
Operator (Continuous Mix) [DJ Mix] - Jaylen Hart
People Pleaser - Soda Blonde
pervert - Petra
Pieces - Falling Below
PiR - tiger jr.
Post Human Era  - Max Durante
Put ‘Em Up - Samsara
PYRAMIDS - Coast Noir
Raise Me Up - Devin Jetski & PP Girlfriend
Reflections in Sound Vol I: Redemption - Darren Shelton
Reflections in Sound Vol1: Redemption - Darren Shelton
RMV1 - Ryoko Virgil
Say What You Want / The Beat - Darren Shelton
Silent Room - No Clue
Siren Heroine II - Siren
Six Words - Mannequin Flowers
Sola escuchando punk - NAZZZ
Strike III - Samsara
Swordfight - Samsara
The Echo (Dreampop)  - Corlyx
The Hustle Don’t Stop Mixtape - 8ighti
The PLEIADES - The PLEIADES
The Queen of Mercy - Sofa Blonde
The Vantages II  - The Vantages
This Got Too Good - Rhomy
Try To Have A Good Time (Acoustic) - Starlings
Validation - Mannequin Flowers
Venomous! - Samsara
What Am I - Skye
Why Is Life Like This - SinceWhen
You Need It - Darren Shelton & Devin Jetski
All Night Long (KIK DRM Records) - Jaylen Hart
Be Like That (ft. KVB) - Darren Shelton
Blasphevour - Flesh Bouquet
Éire - Land Of The Wind - Ayako Mori
Future Astronaut - The PLEIADES
Hell and Back - Vecordia
Mildred Scum (Hades Industrial Records) - Various Artists
Monday (KIK DRM Records) - Jaylen Hart
Munyan - 8ighti
No Floors - Colliding Pins
Pele Rising - The PLEIADES
Ragada - Darren Shelton
Rubberband - 8ighti
There Will No Longer Be A Curse  - Kwozars
Tread Lightly (Apocalypse Rave Culture)  - Glowing Terms
Affirmative Action (Subverted Records) - Hybral
Ideation (Subverted Records) - Lesser Of
Night Shift - Jaylen Hart
Virgy - Lvca Leli
Wilted Red Flowers (Subverted Records) - Home of Ghosts
鬼​面​ ​:​ ​영​혼​의​ ​삶 - Pierre Berge-Cia